Richard Sandoval, Restaurateur,  creator of Toro Toro, Maya and Pampano Richard Sandoval, Restaurateur, creator of Toro Toro, Maya and Pampano

4 Richard Sandoval, Restaurateur,
creator of Toro Toro, Maya and Pampano

Richard Sandoval has an exciting year ahead of him with the refurbishment of not one, but two of his Mexican restaurants. Maya, both in Dubai and New York, will be closed from this month to September, when they will both reopen with similar designs.

The closing of the outlet at Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort and Spa follows a much-reported brunch launch in his other Dubai outlet – Toro Toro, at Grosvenor House Tower Two.

The Mexican chef now has outlets in more than 20 locations globally – his first being the original Maya in New York in 1997.

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Since then, he hasn’t stopped, with openings ranging from Masa 14, with a menu of Latin-Asian small plates in Washington DC, La Biblioteca de Tequila, a Tequila library of more than 400 varieties, in the heart of Manhatten.

His restaurant, Pampano, on The Pearl, Qatar, is making waves as one of the leading eateries in this destination location.

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